According to a statement by the Defence headquaters, the major facilitator of the Chibok girls kidnap has been
arrested ..The statement by Major General Chris Olukolade, Director Defence Information reads
A terrorists’ intelligence cell headed by a businessman who participated actively in the abduction of School
Girls in Chibok has been busted by troops. The man, Babuji Ya’ari who
is also a member of the Youth Vigilante Group popularly known as
Civilian JTF which he uses as cover while remaining an active terrorist,
also spearheaded the murder of the Emir of Gwoza. His main role in the
group is to spy and gather information for the terrorists group.
Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since
2011, including the daring attacks on Customs and military locations as
well as the planting of IEDs in several locations in the town.
The arrest of the businessman who is known to deal in tricycles has also yielded some vital information
and facilitated the arrest of other members of the terrorists’
intelligence cell who are women. One of them, Hafsat Bako had earlier
escaped to Gombe State to avoid suspicion but was tracked and arrested. Prior to her arrest, Hafsat coordinated the payment of other operatives on the payroll
of the group. In her confession, she disclosed that a minimum of
N10,000 is paid to each operative depending on the enormity of his task.
Another female suspect named Haj Kaka who doubles as an armourer and a spy for the terrorists group has also been arrested.
Until their arrest, all the suspects actively operated a terrorists’
intelligence cell in collaboration with others still at large.
In another development, troops deployed in Goniri, Yobe State, over the weekend, had an encounter with terrorists, resulting in casualties on both sides after the attack was successfully repelled.
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